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Peyton, Eli Manning tease John Elway over classic Vortex ad
If you were a child of the nineties, you may have grown up with a Vortex football. The classic toy was a fixture for any young football fan with the promise and potential of throwing it just as far as your favorite NFL quarterbacks. And it made a noise when you threw it! What could…
NFL Network is now using ESPN ‘NFL Primetime’ highlights music
With ESPN now owning NFL Network, we’ve already seen plenty of crossover between the two networks. And that includes in the music for highlights. NFL Network and other assets are now under the ESPN umbrella in exchange for the league owning a 10% equity stake in the worldwide leader. It’s fair to acknowledge that it…
NAACP President to make ‘SportsCenter’ appearance regarding Protect College Sports Act
ESPN has been front and center in the political world thanks to the last two episodes of College GameDay that featured advocating for the Protect College Sports Act. For GameDay‘s opening week, it consisted of spokesperson Nick Saban and Pat McAfee calling on congress to pass the bipartisan legislation. While the bill is backed by individuals on both…
James Franklin adamantly needed to know how Baltimore Sun reporter was doing
Earlier this year, James Franklin lamented that he didn’t do a good enough job getting to know the local media at Penn State, implying he wanted to make up for it in his new role as Virginia Tech’s head football coach. And he’s not taking no for an answer. The Hokies improved to 2-0 last…
Broncos reportedly called Drew Brees about 2026 AFC Championship Game return
The Denver Broncos were in a desperate situation entering the 2026 AFC Championship Game against the New England Patriots. With starting quarterback Bo Nix injured and missing the game, the team reportedly reached out to Hall of Famer Drew Brees to see if he was interested in what could have been one of the most…
Bomani Jones bashes ESPN over Ted Cruz ‘College GameDay’ interview: ‘There are serious consequences’
ESPN’s decision to air an interview with U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz on College GameDay this week was bound to get attention. That’s why they did it. The backlash the network is facing has a lot more to do with its refusal to balance Cruz’s perspective with anyone on the GameDay panel or from another guest — and what…
Steve Kornacki will be a weekly fixture on ‘Football Night in America’
Steve Kornacki is now appearing weekly on Football Night in America, contributing sports betting segments and highlights of games still in progress while the show is on air, Awful Announcing has learned. His usual playoff tiebreaker breakdowns will still be layered in once the postseason picture takes shape. The expanded role builds on the deal…
Arch Manning had a good laugh over AI edit of Steve Sarkisian slapping Holly Rowe
Steve Sarkisian blowing off ESPN reporter Holly Rowe after Texas’s comeback win over Ohio State on Saturday was bad form, and he received plenty of pushback in the days since. In the Longhorns locker room, however, it sounds like it’s been all laughs and giggles over the incident. Texas quarterback Arch Manning met with the…
Tony Romo won’t return to CBS in Weeks 2, 3
Tony Romo’s leave from CBS Sports isn’t ending after one week. CBS announced its broadcast assignments for Weeks 2 and 3 of the 2026 NFL season on Monday, and J.J. Watt, who proved plenty competent in his debut, will remain in the lead booth alongside Jim Nantz and Tracy Wolfson for both weeks, calling Steelers-Patriots…
NFL’s sluggish 2026 start continues as Melbourne game averages 18.5 million viewers on Netflix
Look, getting 18.5 million Americans to tune in to watch anything in 2026 is nothing to sneeze at. But for an NFL game, it’s a sign the league may have hit a wall in how far it can extend its reach. The NFL announced Monday that the San Francisco 49ers’ shellacking of the Los Angeles…
Stephen A. Smith and Paul Finebaum lay into Steve Sarkisian for shrugging off Holly Rowe
Steve Sarkisian had himself quite a dramatic Saturday, with his Texas Longhorns rallying for 21 points in the fourth quarter against No. 1 Ohio State to secure the biggest win of the college football season thus far. But after the game, when the winning coach would normally speak with a sideline reporter to talk about…
Lane Kiffin, Pete Golding set tone for LSU-Ole Miss, try not to ‘focus on the wrong sh*t’
The LSU Tigers and Ole Miss Rebels have been playing football against one another since 1894. This weekend’s showdown might just be the most anticipated in their storied SEC history, though not because of any of the players on the field. Lane Kiffin jumped from Ole Miss to LSU in the midst of his former…
Steve Ballmer changes tune, accepts NBA’s punishment in cap circumvention case
Los Angeles Clippers owner Steve Ballmer is accepting the punishment the NBA levied against him and his team after the league concluded its investigation into alleged cap circumvention. The Clippers posted a statement from Ballmer at 11 p.m. ET on Sunday, saying he was looking to move past the incident and put the focus back…
‘Mr. Irrelevant’ trailer showcases iconic underdog story of Giants player John Tuggle
Most people know David Corenswet as an unbreakable superhero, but in an upcoming biopic, he’s playing the ultimate underdog. On Sunday, NFL fans got a first look at the trailer for the upcoming film Mr. Irrelevant, the story of late New York Giants running back John Tuggle. The final pick in the 1983 NFL Draft,…
NFL RedZone making good on promise to cut ad load so far
Adding advertising to previously ad-free products is one of the many bad developments of the 2020s. This is true of many streaming services, most frustratingly Netflix, but the desire to nickel-and-dime your customers at all costs is shared by many. Over the past two years, NFL RedZone has been the latest product to succumb to…
NFL Kickoff posts worst viewership since 2022
The NFL’s 2026 Wednesday opener ended up being a bit of a disappointment, both in terms of quality of play and viewership. Wednesday’s New England Patriots-Seattle Seahawks opener averaged 25.1 million viewers on NBC and Peacock. That is the worst audience for an opener since 2022 and down 12% from the Dallas Cowboys-Philadelphia Eagles game…
Ryan Clark launches ‘The Pivot Sports’ weekly live show in first post-ESPN move
Ryan Clark was one of the most visible people in NFL media for nearly a decade. The former Pittsburgh Steelers safety joined ESPN shortly after retiring and quickly became a regular across the network’s programming. In recent seasons, Clark often appeared on Get Up, First Take, and NFL Live during the day; he was also a panelist…
Luke Kuechly to make CBS game analyst debut in Week 3
Luke Kuechly spent his playing career making sure he never had to guess where the ball was going. But these days, the harder question is guessing which network has him next. CBS announced Monday that the newly enshrined Pro Football Hall of Famer will make his debut as a CBS game analyst in Week 3,…
Rod Boone laid off by Charlotte Observer in latest round of McClatchy cuts
Another round of layoffs has brought dramatic cuts to a city’s local newspaper. On Monday, Hornets beat reporter Rod Boone of the Charlotte Observer shared on social media that the paper eliminated his position, along with seven colleagues, in the latest round of McClatchy cuts. Boone said that the news came “less than 48 hours…
Terry Bradshaw chides Howie Long for getting hair plugs
Howie Long might be one of the best-looking 66-year-olds on TV, barely aging since joining Fox in 1994, and Terry Bradshaw may have just leaked his secret. The NFL is back and so is Fox NFL Sunday, with Bradshaw and Long returning for their 33rd season on the studio show. Bradshaw began the show Sunday…
Chris Berman debuting ESPN series counting down his top 20 Super Bowl moments
Ranking his own personal top 20 Super Bowl moments might be the hardest assignment Chris Berman has given himself in nearly five decades at ESPN. The 71-year-old is debuting “Chris Berman’s Super Bowl Top 20,” a new weekly series counting down his personal favorite Super Bowl plays, calls, and moments, as Front Office Sports first…
Tom Brady casually said ‘the Earth is flat’ during Fox broadcast
Tom Brady has proved to be a renaissance man in retirement, a deep thinker, maybe even a bit of a strange dude, but a flat-Earther? After living life as a boring football robot as an NFL star quarterback, Brady has become much more addicted to attention since retiring. Brady was a great NFL player, he’s…
Mike Tomlin roasts Cleveland Browns on ‘Football Night in America’
Former longtime Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin in his first season as an NFL analyst for NBC. And on NBC’s Football Night in America ahead of the Sunday Night Football game between the Dallas Cowboys and New York Giants in Week 1, Tomlin mocked an AFC North rival of the Steelers. As Football Night…
CBS Sports launches new digital series with Russell Wilson, Kyle Long
Russell Wilson and Kyle Long are getting a show of their own on CBS’s digital platforms. The network announced Set, Hut!, a new weekly series hosted by the two NFL Today analysts, premiering Tuesday, Sept. 15 at 2 p.m. ET. The show will stream live on the NFL on CBS YouTube channel, with episodes also…
In spite of ratings success, ‘College GameDay’ risks losing its way
If Ted Cruz showing up on College GameDay isn’t time for a reset to take a step back and examine your priorities at ESPN, then what is? GameDay has featured almost as much political analysis this year as Heisman and national championship talk through its first two weeks. But it reached never-before-seen territory when Rece Davis sat down…
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